[SECC] Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests; This Week's Contests

[John Laney]

Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:

1.  ARRL RTTY Round-Up
Call    QSOs  S/P  DX  Score    Category  Time  St  Club  Misc
WW4LL   1577   59  64  193,971  M/S HP    24    GA  ACG   Ops:  WW4LL, 
K1ZZI, K9MUG, K4ZJ.
KC4HW   1231   58  54  137,872  SOLP      24    AL  ACG
WX4TM   1194   55  50  125,370  SOHP      20.5  AL  ACG
AG4W     986   56  51  105,502  SOHP      22    AL  ACG
WX4MM   1091   57  38  103,645  SOHP      21.5  AL  ACG
N4KG     626   54  52   66,356  M/S HP    14:15 AL  ACG  +PKT
W4UK     652   55  20   48,900  SOHP      15.7  SC
KJ4UNA   507   50  32   41,574  M/S LP    17    AL  ACG  Ops:  KJ4UNA,
KE4UNA
K4HAL    456   51  29   36,480  SOHP      11    AL  ACG
KE4KWE   451   52  25   34,737  SOLP      10    AL  ACG
AE4Y     420   50  19   28,980  SOLP      14.5  GA  SECC
AA4YL    301   50  25   22,876  SOLP      20    AL  ACG
KF4OPX   221   34  21   12,597  SOLP       6    AL  ACG
AA4U     190   45  16   11,590  SOLP       5.1  AL  ACG
KR4F     167   42  23   10,855  M/S HP     4    AL  ACG  +PKT
KI4EEY   118   39  17    7,728  SOLP       _    AL  ACG
KG4CUY   101   30  14    4,444  SOLP       5    AL  ACG
K4WI      75   24   8    2,400  SOLP       6    AL  ACG
N4JIK     69   13   5    1,242  SOLP       4    OK
N4NM      42   18   8    1,092  SOHP       1.5  AL  ACG

2.  North American QRP CW Club Milliwatt Sprint
K4BAI   8   7  210  SO QRP 1W  1.0  GA  SECC

3.  NCCC North American Sprint Practice, 1/1/10
K4BAI  17  17  289  SOLP Hand Key  0.5  GA  SECC

4.  QRPARCI Pet Rock Sprint
K4BAI  17  14  7,154  SO QRP 5W  1:56  GA  SECC

5.  January Spartan Sprint
K4BAI  40        40  SO QRP 5W  Tubby  1:52  GA  SECC

6.  ARRL Straight Key Night
K4BAI  11           SO HP Hand Key     1:10  GA  SECC
SKN included QSOs with locals W2YO and K4EOR and with Dallas, K1DW, who 
operated Field Day with CARC last June.

This Week's Contests:

1.  Thursday night 40M QRP Fox Hunt.  0200-0330Z Friday (Thursday night 
local).  Two Foxes will be K9CW in IL and VE4WI in MB.  Max power 5W. 
Foxes will be hiding between 7030 and 7050.  Exchange:  RST, SPC, Name, 
Power Out.  Work only the two foxes.

2.  Thursday Night NCCC Practices.  Slow Speed (Max 18 WPM).  0200-0215Z 
Friday (Thurs night local).  20, 40, 80M CW.  100W maximum. One kHz QSY 
rule.  Exchange:  both calls, #, name, SPC.  0230-0259Z speed not 
limited.  Still 100 W limit and one kHz QSY rule.  Same exchange.

3.  Friday Night NAQP Practice.  0230-0259Z Sat (Fri night local). 
Regular NAQP rules.  160-10M CW.  Mults count per band.  100W maximum 
power.  Exchange:  name, SPC.

4.  PODXS 070 Club PSK Fest.  24 hours of Sat UTC.  80-10M PSK31. 
Maximum power 100W.  Exchange:  RST + SPC.

5.  Hunting Lions in the Air.  48 hours of Sat and Sun UTC.  160-10M CW, 
SSB, Digital, Echolink.  Exchange for a Lions Club member:  RS(T), QSO#, 
Name, Club Name, Lions Club District.  For others:  RS(T) + QSO#.

6.  Mongolian RTTY DX Contest.  24 hours of Sat UTC.  80-10M RTTY. 
Exchnage:  RST + CQ Zone.

7.  Michigan QRP Club January Contest.  12Z Sat to 2359Z Sun.  160-6M 
CW.  Exchange:  RST + SPC + MiQRP# or Power Out.

8.  North American QSO Party, CW.  18Z Sat to 06Z Sun.  Single ops 
limited to 10 hours.  160-10M CW.  Mults count per band.  Exchange: 
Name + SPC.  5-member team competition:  To join a team, contact WA1FCN 
for ACG or K1ZZI for SECC immediately.  Circle rules do not apply, so 
anyone may join any team.

9.  Straight Key Century Club Weekend Sprint.  24 hours of Sunday UTC.
160-6M CW.  Use straight key or bug or other mechanical key.  Exchange: 
  RST + Name + SPC + SKCC# or power.

10.  Tuesday night 80M Fox Hunt.  Same rules as for the Thursday fox 
hunt on 40M except frequency range is 3550-3570 kHz.  K4BAI will be one 
of the two Foxes to be worked.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend and a lot of QSOs, particularly in the 
NAQP CW.  Remember the NAQP SSB is the next weekend with the same rules. 
  Teams will be entered for that one also, so let WA1FCN or K1ZZI know 
if you can be on a SSB team.

Low band conditions have continued to be pretty good for DX and maybe 
not so good for domestic contacts.  High bands seem to close early 
except for occasional Es.  Let's hope for and look for some of that Es 
this weekend.  If someone (particularly a new mult) asks you to move to 
another band, give it a try if it is at all feasible.  In the NAQP 
contests, you may work stations outside North America for QSO points 
only.  There are always some South American and European ops to be 
worked.  If your computer program insists on a QTH being entered in the 
state/province space, use "DX."  You can back the "DX" entries in the 
Cabrillo file out after the contest or not.  Off periods must be at 
least 30 minutes (be careful and don't count 29 minutes as 30 minutes). 
  If your last QSO is at 1901, don't make another QSO before 1932.

73, John, K4BAI.